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The Creative Curriculum System for Preschool
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Observation: The Key to Responsive Planning
Curriculum
Assessment
Professional Development
Family Connection
The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool and Teaching Strategies GOLD®
Learning Objectives
• Explain why observation is a critical part of effective teaching.
• Discuss the qualities of useful observation notes and other
documentation of children’s development and learning.
• Write objective observation notes.
• Identify the levels of children’s knowledge, skills, and behaviors
with regard to particular objectives and dimensions.
• Use what you learn by observing to plan for each child and the
group.
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Reflecting on Current Practices
• How do you develop weekly plans?
• How do you choose experiences for your group?
• How do you make sure that you meet each child’s
strengths and needs?
• How do you observe children?
• How do you assess children?
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Caring and Teaching
• Creating a classroom community
• Guiding children’s behavior
• Teaching intentionally and responsively
• Assessing children’s learning
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The Four-Step Assessment Cycle
Observe and
Collect Facts
Analyze
and Respond
Summarize,
Plan, and
Communicate
Evaluate
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Observation is critical to planning
and individualizing instruction.
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Collecting Facts: Observe and Document
• Observe children with curricular objectives in mind.
• Document only what you see and hear.
• Observe children at different times and in different places
throughout the day.
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Collect facts
4
Summarize,
plan, and
communicate
2
Analyze and
respond
3
Evaluate
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“What we see depends
mainly on what we look for.”
— Sir John Lubbock
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Why do you observe children?
Four reasons:
1.I’m curious about children and want to understand them
better.
2.I want to get to know each child and build a positive
relationship with him or her.
3.I want to find out about each child’s development and
learning.
4.I want to teach more responsively.
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Writing Observation Notes
Include:
Avoid:
• descriptions of gestures and
other actions
• labels (shy, creative)
• quotations
• intentions (wants to)
• evaluations (good job)
• descriptions of facial
expressions
• judgments (beautiful, sloppy)
• descriptions of creations
• negatives (can’t, won’t)
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Evaluating Observation Notes
Objective
June 5
Luis put plastic tortillas on a plate
and said, “Now they’re ready.”
Then he handed the plate to Joanna,
who was sitting at the table in the dramatic
play area.
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Evaluating Observation Notes
Objective and Subjective
June 5
During choice time, Sara was trying
to write her name at the writing table.
I asked her to name the letter I pointed
to (the A). She shrugged her shoulders.
I asked her whether it was an A or a B.
She said, “A.”
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Evaluating Observation Notes
Objective
June 5
Today during breakfast, Christopher
sat at my table and said, "I go to
Wilson’s and buy new shoes. Look,
do you like them? Brandon no get
new shoes.”
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Evaluating Observation Notes
Subjective
June 5
Wyatt politely asked May to give
him a chance to use the plastic phone.
May angrily gave Wyatt the phone
and stomped away.
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Writing Observation Notes
• Watch the video.
• Write a brief observation note.
• Select an objective/dimension related to what the
child says and does.
• Read the progression of development and learning
for that objective/dimension.
• Select the level of the progression that describes the
child’s knowledge, skills, and behaviors.
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Identifying Levels of Development and Learning
• Review the progression of development and learning.
• Watch the video clip.
• Rate the child’s knowledge, skills, and behaviors as they
relate to that progression.
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Observing to Teach Responsively
• Observation is essential to responsive planning and teaching.
• Before you develop responsive plans for individual children and
the group, you need to draw conclusions about their development
and learning.
• Those conclusions inform your immediate response and your
later planning decisions.
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Putting It All Together
Observe
purposefully.
Think about
what you
learned about
each child.
Respond
in supportive
ways.
Responsive Plans
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What is responsive planning?
Teachers must observe children purposefully, think
about what they learn about each child, and respond
in supportive ways. You must always be open to
following children’s interests and to addressing their
strengths and needs.
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Responsive Planning
• includes the learning environment,
• includes the structure of each day,
• addresses content area learning,
• includes a range of teaching approaches, and
• includes input from families.
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Resources for Planning
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The Creative Curriculum System for Preschool
and Teaching Strategies GOLD
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Observation: The Key to Responsive Planning
Curriculum
Assessment
Professional Development
Family Connection